1 Season
52 Episode
Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002 - Season 1 Episode 3 Taro Misaki Returns
The annual Nankatsu city soccer tournament opens. Tsubasa's Nankatsu elementary school practices hard and plays Wakabayashi's Syutetsu elementary school in the final. Nankatsu plays good defense and shuts out Syutetsu in the first half. Frustrated Wakabayashi makes a stunning long shot in the second half, and Syutetsu starts playing their game. Ishizaki goes out for an injury and Nankatsu almost loses the match. Then, a boy shows up at Nankatsu's bench...
- Year: 2002
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Animation, Drama, Action & Adventure
- Studio: TV Tokyo
- Keyword: sports, football (soccer), based on manga, anime, prodigy, spokon
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- Cast: Akira Ishida, Takehito Koyasu, Tomokazu Seki